[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82038-82039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32799]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2010-1137]
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and
Budget; OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0058, 1625-0072 and 1625-0092
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Sixty-day Notice requesting comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of
revisions to the following collections of information: 1625-0058,
Application for Permit to Transport Municipal and Commercial Waste,
1625-0072, Waste Management Plans, Refuse Discharge Logs, Letters of
Instruction for Certain Persons-in-Charge (PIC) and Great Lakes Dry
Cargo Residue Recordkeeping, and 1625-0092 Sewage and Graywater
Discharge Records for Certain Cruise Vessels Operating on Alaskan
Waters. Our ICRs describe the information we seek to collect from the
public. Before submitting these ICRs to OIRA, the Coast Guard is
inviting comments as described below.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before February 28,
2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number [USCG-2010-1137] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the following means:
(1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Mail: DMF (M-30), DOT, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
(4) Fax: 202-493-2251. To ensure your comments are received in a
timely manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk Officer for the Coast
Guard.
The DMF maintains the public docket for this Notice. Comments and
material received from the public, as well as documents mentioned in
this Notice as being available in the docket, will become part of the
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room W12-140
on the West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. You may also find the docket on the Internet
at http://www.regulations.gov.
Copies of the ICRs are available through the docket on the Internet
at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from:
COMMANDANT (CG-611), ATTN PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, US COAST
GUARD, 2100 2ND ST SW., STOP 7101, WASHINGTON DC 20593-7101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ms. Kenlinishia Tyler, Office
of Information Management, telephone 202-475-3652, or fax 202-475-3929,
for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, 202-366-9826, for questions on the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to
OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard
collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information
describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on
the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection,
and other important information describing the Collections. There is
one ICR for each Collection.
The Coast Guard invites comments on whether these ICRs should be
granted based on the Collections being necessary for the proper
performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard
would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the
Collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the
Collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
information subject to the Collections; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the Collections on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. In response to your comments, we may revise these ICRs or
decide not to seek approval for the Collections. We will consider all
comments and material received during the comment period.
We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments
and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of
the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2010-1137], and
must be received by February 28, 2011. We will post all comments
received, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov. They will
include any personal information you provide. We have an agreement with
DOT to use their DMF. Please see the ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.
Submitting Comments:
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number [USCG-
2010-1137], indicate the specific section of the document to which each
comment applies, providing a reason for each comment. You may submit
your comments and material online (via http://www.regulations.gov), by
fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If
you submit a comment online via http://www.regulations.gov, it will be
considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit
the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be
considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is
received at the DMF. We recommend you include your name, mailing
address, an e-mail address, or other contact information in the body of
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding
your submission.
You may submit your comments and material by electronic means,
mail, fax, or delivery to the DMF at the address under ADDRESSES; but
please submit them by only one means. To submit your comment online, go
to http://www.regulations.gov, and type ``USCG-2010-1137'' in the
``Keyword'' box. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by
mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will
consider all comments and material received during the comment period
and will address them accordingly.
Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket, go
to http://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``read comments'' box,
which will then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box
insert ``USCG-2010-1137'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket
Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. You may also visit the DMF in Room
W12-140 on the ground floor of
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the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received in
dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act statement
regarding Coast Guard public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of
the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Information Collection Requests.
1. Title: Application for Permit to Transport Municipal and
Commercial Waste.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0058.
Summary: This information collection provides the basis for issuing
or denying a permit, required under 33 U.S.C. 2601 and 33 CFR 151.1009,
for the transportation of municipal or commercial waste in the coastal
waters of the United States.
Need: In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 2601, the U.S. Coast Guard
issued regulations requiring an owner or operator of a vessel to apply
for a permit to transport municipal or commercial waste in the United
States and to display an identification number or other marking on
their vessel.
Forms: None.
Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
Frequency: Every 18 months.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 116 hours
to 13 hours a year.
2. Title: Waste Management Plans, Refuse Discharge Logs, Letters of
Instruction for Certain Persons-in-Charge (PIC) and Great Lakes Dry
Cargo Residue Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0072.
Summary: This information is needed to ensure that: (1) Certain
U.S. oceangoing vessels develop and maintain a waste management plan;
(2) certain U.S. oceangoing vessels maintain refuse discharge records;
(3) certain individuals that act as person-in-charge of the transfer of
fuel receive a letter of instruction, for prevention of pollution; and
(4) certain Great Lakes vessels comply with dry cargo residue
requirements.
Need: This collection of information is needed as part of the Coast
Guard's pollution prevention compliance program.
Forms: CG-33
Respondents: Owners, operators, masters, and persons-in-charge of
vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 67,030
hours to 65,464 hours a year.
3. Title: Sewage and Graywater Discharge Records for Certain Cruise
Vessels Operating on Alaskan Waters.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0092.
Summary: To comply with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001,
Public Law 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-315, this information
collection is needed to enforce sewage and graywater discharges
requirements from certain cruise ships operating on Alaskan waters.
Need: Title 33 CFR part 159 subpart E prescribe regulations
governing the discharge of sewage and graywater from cruise vessels,
requires sampling and testing of sewage and graywater discharges, and
establishes reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Forms: Not applicable.
Respondents: Owners, operators and masters of vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 637 hours
to 2,121 hours a year.
Dated: December 23, 2010.
M.B. Lytle,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-32799 Filed 12-28-10; 8:45 am]
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